Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun common_cold

1 sense of common cold

Sense 1
cold, common cold -- (a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs); "will they never find a cure for the common cold?")
       => respiratory disease, respiratory illness, respiratory disorder -- (a disease affecting the respiratory system)
       => communicable disease -- (a disease that can be communicated from one person to another)